Crossword

ACROSS

1 Content of hate mail 6 Duel unit 10 With 66- Across, place on a keyboard to find all the letters in 16-, 28-, 46and 60- Across 13 Adventurously follow one’s heart, say 14 Brand name that sounds like a cheer 15 Bone- dry 16 Everything you can perform 18 Beekeeper in a 1997 movie 19 Marvel’s Thor, Captain America or Iron Man 20 One working with an anchor 22 Place for une île 23 Fowl poles? 25 Prefix with liter 28 Business owner 32 Apples since 1998 34 Didn’t sit on one’s hands 35 G. I.’ s address 36 Title for a Benedictine 37 Bankroll 39 Sugar suffix 40 Rustic expanse 41 Beehive State athlete 42 Verdi aria for a baritone 44 Players “planted” in a bracket 46 Time without end 49 ___ prof. 50 Midsize Nissan 51 Defib expert 53 One shouldn’t drink to this 55 “Is it worth the gamble?” 59 Explorer of kidvid 60 Apt example of this puzzle’s theme 63 They’ve split 64 Complain loudly 65 Some Deco illustrations 66 See 10- Across 67 First name in Jellystone Park 68 Town, in Germany

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1 Miles of “Psycho” 2 Mountain road sign abbr. 3 “Fuhgeddaboudit” 4 Occasion for amateurs to do stand- up 5 Unite 6 D- worthy 7 Iraq’s Mosque of ___ ( pilgrimage site) 8 Roller coaster unit 9 Urban renewal targets 10 Serves whoppers up 11 Stackable snack 12 Use a spyglass 15 Multipart composition 17 Maryland athlete, informally 21 Songs most often played by D. J. s 23 Mythical predator of elephants 24 Choose not to participate 25 Prepared fancily 26 Ham it up 27 Ones working with an anchor 29 Curie discovery 30 Maureen Dowd pieces 31 Insult kiddingly 33 Halloween haul 38 Exquisite design 43 ___ Maria ( liqueur) 45 Humble oneself 47 Fund- raisers’ commercials, e. g. 48 “That really hurt!” 52 Sticks in the mud 53 River of Hesse 54 Love letter sign- off 55 Carnegie ___ ( famous eatery) 56 Slangy lead- in to “way” 57 Walter ___ hospital 58 Formerly, once 61 Ming formerly of the N. B. A. 62 Source of fatback

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